Damasus can refer to: *

Pope Damasus I Pope Damasus I (; c. 305 – 11 December 384) was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture. He spoke out against major heresies ( ...

(330–384) or St. Damasus *

Pope Damasus II Pope Damasus II (; died 9 August 1048, born Poppo de' Curagnoni) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 July 1048 to his death on 9 August that same year. He was the second of the German pontiffs nominated by E ...

(died 1048) * Damasus Scombrus, Greek orator from Tralles * ''Damasus'' (beetle), a genus of leaf beetle in the subfamily Eumolpinae *

Damasus (canonist) Damasus can refer to: * Pope Damasus I (330–384) or St. Damasus * Pope Damasus II (died 1048) * Damasus Scombrus, Greek orator from Tralles * ''Damasus'' (beetle), a genus of leaf beetle in the subfamily Eumolpinae * Damasus (canonist) (12th� ...

(12th–13th centuries); see Bartholomew of Brescia *

Damasus (mythology) Damasus can refer to: * Pope Damasus I (330–384) or St. Damasus * Pope Damasus II (died 1048) * Damasus Scombrus, Greek orator from Tralles * ''Damasus'' (beetle), a genus of leaf beetle in the subfamily Eumolpinae * Damasus (canonist) (12th– ...

, a soldier on the Trojan side in the

Trojan War In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and ...

* Damasus, king of

Kourion Kourion ( grc, Koύριov; la, Curium) was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of Cyprus. In the twelfth century BCE, after the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces, Greek settlers from Argos arrived on this site. I ...

on southern

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

in the 7th century BCE

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